Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities in Houston arrested 1,505 alleged criminals, including illegal immigrants, transnational gang members, foreign fugitives, and other offenders, according to a Nov. 5 statement by the federal agency.
They were arrested during a 10-day operation in Southeast Texas that spanned from Oct. 22 to 31. The number of arrests in the latest phase of the operation exceeded the 822 arrests made in August and the 543 arrests earlier this year.
The update comes after a statement by President Donald Trump, who said in a recent interview that ICE actions against illegal immigration “haven’t gone far enough.”
Trump said that court orders have limited the agency’s ability to carry out certain immigration enforcement activities….